Joshua 5:1-3

Names of God Bible

Preparations for the First Passover in Canaan

5 All the Amorite kings west of the Jordan River and all the Canaanite kings along the Mediterranean Sea heard that Yahweh had dried up the Jordan River so that the Israelites could cross. So they lost heart and had no courage left to face the people of Israel.

² At that time Yahweh spoke to Joshua, “Make flint knives, and circumcise the men of Israel.” ³ So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the men of Israel at the Hill of Circumcision.^[a]